For those of you who don't know, ParkaBlogs is THE BEST artbook review site on the planet, and is the place where I always go before purchasing any new volume. HUGE thanks to the supremely hard-working Teoh Yi Chie for the review, and for all the thousands of other book and product reviews that I and countless other artists across the internet read every day.Lorenzo!

Thursday, 23 February 2017

"Calling all comic fans! Calling all Freaky Fiends and Fearless Fanatics – THE END IS NIGH!

Yes,
it is true. After some truly grand exploits, the tale of Simon Moss,
Whippet Willow and Lucy Shufflebottom is nearing an epic conclusion!

They’ve
braved bullies, faced spine-tingling
fears, destroyed public property, wielded superpowers they do not truly
comprehend and, quite frankly, made a great big noisy mess of
everything. Both Simon and Whippet claim to be comic superfans, never missing an issue of Freaky or
Fearless. Both
appear to be creative souls; Simon with his tall, tall tales, and
Whippet with his masterful drawings. But do they really have what it
takes to make a comic? Will their hobby save them … or doom them for all
time?"

Tuesday, 21 February 2017

Just TWO days to go until the launch of FREAKY AND FEARLESS BOOK 3! The epic third part of Robin and Jan's incredible, world-bending illustrated novel series will blow the hair off your head, it's so full of action, danger and THINGS!

Get your eyeballs ready, full announcement coming on Thursday - keep it tuned to the E-bros :)

Monday, 20 February 2017

YESYESYESYES! We Etherington Brothers are very PROUD and EXCITED to announce a BRAND NEW comic series, which will be appearing each month in the amazing SCOOP magazine. We'll be telling you more about the series when it launches in the MARCH issue of the magazine (get a taste of previous issues HERE!), but until then, here's a little taster...

Step 1: Robin creates the script for the page. He works in
a format similar to that of a screenplay, with scene descriptions, all
dialogue, and panel count. This is how it looks when I get to see it for
the first time:

Step 2: Using the script I create the rough page of artwork. I
may make tiny tweaks here and there, but by and large I keep pretty
rigidly to the script. This rough page then goes back to Robin, who
checks it over and adds his superb lettering, sometimes re-writing the dialogue a little as he letters. Getting the lettering down at this stage is vital to the overall composition of the page, and helps tremendously in marrying up word and art in a visually balanced way.

Step 3: With the page lettered, I can set to work on the final art. I begin by putting all the speech bubbles
in place, to make sure everything fits nicely and the bubbles don't
feel "stuck on" the final page. I have a slightly unusual process for
the final artwork, in that I like to fully paint each panel one at a
time, instead of inking all panels in one go, and then colouring all
panels together, as many artists do. When everything is ready, the page
goes back to Robin one last time for final checks, and then it's off to
The Phoenix!

Thursday, 9 February 2017

Hey guys, wanted to share this great E-Bros feature by Alex Thomas, editor of awesome comics review magazine, The PULL LIST. See a few snaps of the issue below, and if you can't get your hands on a physical copy, you can enjoy the digital edition through their Gumroad Store HERE!

Wednesday, 8 February 2017

This week's tutorial request came from Ryan Dunlavey on Twitter, who asked for some tips on drawing HORSES. Such a big subject I'm going to split it up, starting with heads today, and we'll tackle the rest of the animal in future tutorials!

Sunday, 5 February 2017

BLOGGING ON A SUNDAY?!! Goodness. Thank you to everyone for the astoundingly positive feedback on the new tutorial series, and the unbelievable amount of CLICKS. We have been overwhelmed :)
Here's links to ALL of January's tutorials: